St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-20
A SHORT SER MON
BY Rev. ohn BOncs..He Takes His
Text From Nahum.

1.-The chariots shall rage in the streets, they
shall jostle against another in the broad
ways; they shall seem like torches, they shall
run like the lightning. He shall recount his
worthless, they shall stumble in their walk"
I have took my tex from de scripter as re-
corded in the Sd and 4th vussus of dc I'd chap
ter of Nahum, the Elkoshite, good old profit
who lived many years before Billie Murrie.
His name comes from two Hebrew words,
ina and ''hum," signifying No Home.
Thus was dc holy man wanderer upon de
erth. with no place to lay his he'd and his only
biznesS was to go round doing good and
PROTECTING as to future events. In de passage
we have took for our tex, he profecise de
coming of de railroad ears-not Tom Lowry's
slow boss cars dat trabels no faster den
man can walk, but in his visions, or his
dreams he sees de comm of de kars, de rus
selling of de steam ingiDeS as de railroad
train goes booming and laundering along.
De ingine as it puffs and snorts and smokes
like a tar kill. should remind you poor IN
sanctified creeturs OBJ de lake oh Are and
birthstone into which you are fastening and
Whar de most OBJ you will fotch up at last.
We are told dat desc kars shall rage III de
streets, which is anudder reason for b'lieving
dat Tom Lowry's kars was not thought of,
for his kars never rage, but go long jes de
same-always slow. always behind. De profit
widout don't refer to Jim Hills kars,
which dash and splash along as If
dey ment bizness. running ober a
man heah and a chile dar, just KILN kup-
pier about wunSt q week. Again we are told
dat de chariots shell justle against each
udder-dat is, de trains shell run into each
udder, jump the trac, bust the bilerS and
smash things ginerally-dat is what de good
old profit ment when be sed dat dey shauld
iustle one anudder. Some dark mite when
you are lookin at some hen roost and see
train GO by, the lites from the winders
locks like so many torches. Dis you see
now but Nahum saw it before it was, and dis
is what we thelogians calls profcy. Again.
Jim Hills kafS runs like fghtin now dat dey
are not crowded wild dead-head passengers.
De tex says he shall count his worthless.
Now who am de worthless? Dey are dem who
have dun pade DER fare and are not gaddin'
about on free passes. Desc fellows, we are
told, shell stumble in der walks. Dey are
not drunk, but de rollin and rockin'
of de kars make dem unsteady
in de feet. Anudder class of WORTHLESS
are dem who pay fare on de train, for dat
helps de conductor to buy mete and bred for
his wife und children and fine jewelry to at
tract de attention of unsuspectfn females,
who, when iey trabel, are always looking out
for sum adventure wild some strange man
dat has brass in his face anu gold and pre-
cious stones about his purson
Now, dusent want any jewelry, but am
powerfully in need OF bred and mete
for my wife and six orphan children.
50 / shall ak Brudder Jones and Brudder
johnson to pass around de hat, and now
brudders and sisters, it is de urnest wish of
your beloved pastor dat you come down like
men aud wimmen. Give all you kin to pay
| for de gospel, and in de last day you will have
your reward While de hat is going round
well sing two vusses of that good old hime,
| Sister Davis will you meet me,
Sister Davis will you meet me,
Sister Davis will you meet me,
ODER in de promise land?